The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-16
A MIXED CASE,
a!ind.Hoader Bishop and His WHOA "Ro
NANCE" Of Youth.

l!ind.Roador Bishop ana His WHOA "Io.
NANCE" Of Youth.
New YoRK, March l5.-About four
months ago Washington Irving Bishop,
the mind.reader, married Helen Mack, of
Bo,ton, the daughter Of the millionaire,
William B. Mack, OF the National Tube
Works. "
Previous to her marriage with Mr.. Bish-
op she had been the wife Of Thomas j.
Loud, the banker, from whom she secured
e divorce about a year ago upon the
ground OF extreme cruelty.
After brief honeymoon Mr.. Bishop
left his bride in Boston and started out to
fill his many engscements. He received
letters from his wife couchel in tile most
cGectionste terms aud ne considered him.
self most fortunate man in the possession
Of such wife. On last Monday Mr.,
Bishop WAS taken severely i'll and It was
found necessary to perform upon him an
extremely painful operation. The Ell.
fects Of the operation greatly weak-
eged the mind reader and he became
e1premely low. Thinking that this Was a
time above all others when a wife should
be at her hushand's bedside some ci Mr..
Bishops friends telegraphed to her and
urged her to como to New York. No re-
ply came to this nor did Mrs. Bishop ap.
pear in New York. Then the same friends
teIeyraphed to Mrs. Biehop saying:
"Mr. Bishops friends are highly iudia.
nant that his wife should have abandoned
him at & time OF pain and sorrow. :; His
illness was no doubt hastened by her in.
explicab!e and hea,tless conduct" s.
This telegram elected no reply, but later
telegram from Detroit from bis wife
stating that she had much to reveal did
not exactly comfort him; for he impo.
diately demanded on explanation Of her
conduct.
Mr.. Bishop to a Tribune reporter said
II am so unnerved by this blow, coming
as 1t does so close upon my recent illness,
that can hardly talk coherently upon the
subject. ! hsye heen waiting hare all
day for an answ0r to my dis.
patch OF last evening, and II I re.
ceiye none by tomorrow I will place
the matter in the hands Of the police.
cannot believe my wife is unfaithiul to me
nor that hor parents are trying to keep
her from mo. They gave their unreserved
consent to my marriage with their daugh.
ter and knew everything connected with
my life. ! have many enemies who h9ye
tried to csuse me trouble before. j cores,
ponded with my wife before she Was di.
vorced from her former husband and
during the trial attempts J were
made to connect me with hel
| in an unfavorsble light. There
was aromance in my early life and I have
a daughter now about ten years Of age o
whose existence the world Is ignorant.
perfectly idoli:s my daughter and she il
exceedingly fond Of ME. Previous to thii
attempts have been made to alienste thu
child's affections from me, and perhaps
the same people are at work now, I do moi
know. 1t is extremely embarrassing iol
me to speak upon the subject. I oxpec
uomething to happen at any moment, bu
what 1t is l cannot tell. I accuse no one
1t may be all mistake and my vile ma,
be all right eventually" 0Bagl {Rlgill9'
Mr.. Bishop showed the reporter photo
graphs Of his vito and his daughter. The
latter appears to be a singularly hand
some child and bears marked reaem
J blance to Mr.. Bishop. III. .'1.li